Searchwww is a toolbar that installs itself onto Microsoft Internet Explorer.  It often makes its way onto the browser by way of a “drive-by” Active-X download.  This simply means that it can hop off of any insecure website and onto your computer.  The host website may not even know it carries the adware.

Searchwww’s main “feature” is that it resets the Explorer homepage from your page of choice to searchwww.com.  Usually, the toolbar can be removed and the home page can be easily reset.

However, Searchwww is not the only unwanted software that can make its way to you by way of a drive-by download.  A free system scan with SpyZooka will let you know if anything else is infecting your computer.